Locations

The production line of Manufacture Française du Cycle (MFC) is exemplary in France. - Photo Michel de Chavanon.

French government to re-develop national bicycle industry

PARIS, France - It is hard to imagine, but up until the 1980's, France had a flourishing bicycle industry. The country was hit hard by the production...

The current warehouse and office of KMC Europe have become too small to provide all chain services. – Photo KMC

Market

KMC relocates European head office and warehouse

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - To facilitate a growing flexibilisation on the expanding e-bike and bicycle market, KMC Chain Europe, will relocate its...

Production

Pirelli starts bicycle tyre production in own Italian factory

MILAN, Italy - Pirelli has started producing its cycling tyres in the Bollate factory based nearby Milan. The facility has undergone a period of...

The new plant is fully powered by renewable electricity and has its own solar plant. – Photos Bikap

Production

Bikap e-bike assembly facility in Portugal now operational

ANADIA, Portugal - An all-new e-bike production facility with a capacity of up to 50,000 units annually, has started production in Portugal. Based in...

ABIMOTA Secretary General Gil Nadais (middle) welcomed ANI President Joana Mendonça (left) and ANI Director of Capacity Building for the National Innovation System Diogo Araújo. – Photo ABIMOTA

Bicycle export

Portugal boosts bicycle and e-bike exports in 2021

BORRALHA, Portugal - Gil Nadais, the secretary general of industry association ABIMOTA shared outstanding export figures for 2021 during a visit of...

A major investment by Pon.Bike in a new assembly facility in Lithuania. – Photo Gazelle

Production

Pon.Bike to open 600,000 unit assembly facility in Lithuania

KEDAINIAI, Lithuania - Pon.Bike has announced plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Kėdainiai, Lithuania in 2024. According to Pon.Bike the...